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Babies who have more diverse social contacts in the first years of their life can get over their prejudices more easily by the age of 17.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to fifteen young researchers at Radboud University and Radboud university medical hospital.

The Southern green shield bug is a major problem for food production. The insect loves tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers and is responsible for up to 40 percent of crop losses.

More than 40 million people worldwide are blind. Scientists are working to develop implants in the brain that will allow blind people to see a little, for example a pattern of a streetcar or a cyclist.

Animal species can sometimes evolve very quickly. Biologist Niek Barmentlo discovered that this is now happening in North America.

Guido Kusters created mathematical models to aid in the development of smart polymers, and he defended his PhD thesis cum laude at the Department of Applied Physics and Science Education on May 29th.

What is life? How does a living cell emerge from lifeless molecules?- wondered a multidisciplinary team of Dutch scientists.

Jan van Hest receives ERC Advanced Grant for interplay between cells ánd scientific disciplines. Muscles are not only important for a killer body, but also for a healthy one.

The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS) has been awarded a 23.23 million euro Gravitation grant.

Five scientists from Radboud University and RadboudUMC are receiving a Vici research grant from the Dutch research organisation (NWO).

Bas Bögels defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Biomedical Engineering on February 21st. No longer storing data with ones and zeros, but with A, T, C and G - the building blocks of DNA.

Utrecht University has appointed Bert Janssen as Professor of Structural Cell Biology. Janssen and his team use and develop techniques to visualize interactions between cells in great detail.

A Wellcome Discovery Award funds a new groundbreaking study characterising the development of the brain during childhood and adolescence in unprecedented detail.

New research aims to unlock how biological proteins fold and become functional Utrecht University has appointed Christian Kaiser as professor of Biophysical Chemistry of Membranes and Proteins.

Since 2020, Delft Bioengineering Institute (BEI) organizes a cross-campus call for interdisciplinary research projects in the field of bioengineering.

This year, seven Utrecht researchers will receive an ERC Consolidator Grant. The European Union provides this subsidy of an average of 2 million euros to researchers who have made their mark in science.

This year's AI Summit Brainport focused on human-centered AI and its alignment with human values and goals.

Richard Bartfai (Radboud University), Bert Windhorst (Amsterdam UMC) and Clemens Kocken (BPRC) have received a Synergy Grant (of 11 million euros) from the European Research Council (ERC) for exploration of hypnozoites, malaria-causing parasites that can enter a dormant state in the liver.

Making solar cells more efficient, and developing sustainable insecticides with a zombie-making fungus: as of September, a second group of PhD candidates will start their research funded by the Science for Sustainability community at Utrecht University.

In May 2023, Delft Bioengineering Institute organized the fifth edition of BioDate: the 'speed date' event where BEI PIs can meet and explore possibilities for collaboration. This year, the participating PIs have generated thirteen new interdisciplinary MSc projects! Three of the teams have already recruited a student for the project, the others will hopefully follow soon, so BEI can transfer the grant money of €2500 and the projects can start.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants to eight researchers from the UvA and Amsterdam UMC.

Twenty-two promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).

Twenty-three promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).

Our body moves seemingly effortlessly, yet the way in which the brain controls our movements is still not well understood from a scientific perspective.

Multi-omics research provides a more fundamental understanding of how tumor cells adapt to hormonal therapies.

The Dutch Research Council has awarded thirteen experienced, Utrecht-based researchers a Vidi grant worth 800,000 euros.

Instead of handing out a fat thesis, Elles Raaijmakers drew an accessible comic book about her research on electric current and brain cells.